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2010 Year In Pop Culture

June 9, 2024 Leigh M. Johnson 2010 Year in Review Lists, Dr. J's Lists, Pop Culture/Film/Literature, RMWMTMBM Archive, Year in Review Lists 1 Comment

Right out of the gate, 2010 looked to be a very promising pop culture year. Back in January, at one of the early American Idol auditions, we were introduced to aspiring contestant General Larry Platt, who regaled the judges with his seemingly-improvised yet totally-infectious original composition “Pants on the Ground.” Before America’s favorite non-plussed judge…

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2010 Year In Sports

June 9, 2024 Leigh M. Johnson 2010 Year in Review Lists, Dr. J's Lists, RMWMTMBM Archive, Sports, Year in Review Lists 0 Comments

There are still a few weeks left in 2010– and who knows what else may happen… or, ahem, be “leaked”?– so in advance of posting my comprehensive “Year In Review” list, I thought I’d do a few specialized lists. Since the last few weeks of the year are mostly holding-pattern time in sports, it’s the…

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2010 Year In Music

June 9, 2024 Leigh M. Johnson 2010 Year in Review Lists, Dr. J's Lists, Music, RMWMTMBM Archive, Year in Review Lists 4 Comments

Let me just be clear at the outset: the following list is not meant to represent the best of 2010’s music in any kind of remotely “objective” sense. This is my list. It represents my year in music. My musical tastes tend toward the rootsy, the groovy and the nostalgic. I prefer simple, but well-constructed,…

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Whatever Happened to the Fun (and Funny) Drunk?

June 9, 2024 Dr. J Pop Culture/Film/Literature, RMWMTMBM Archive 5 Comments

Just recently, I re-watched the 1981 film Arthur (starring Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli and John Gielgud), a film that I would probably place in my top-5 Funniest Films Ever. I was prompted to re-visit the film after hearing that a remake is in the works, starring Russell Brand and Helen Mirren. In the original, Dudley…

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Tortured Reasoning

June 9, 2024 Leigh M. Johnson Human Rights, Philosophy, Politics, RMWMTMBM Archive 5 Comments

I haven’t posted much on human rights recently, the primary focus of my research, though I continue to plug away at thinking and writing about it every day. One of the topics that I spend a lot of time with is torture, an issue that I intend to use as the go-to “case study” in…

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Why I Chose Memphis: Art Carden

June 9, 2024 Leigh M. Johnson Memphis, RMWMTMBM Archive, Why I Chose Memphis 0 Comments

Next up in our series is Dr. Art Carden, my colleague in the Economics and Business Department at Rhodes College. Art is a regular contributor to the econ-blogs Division of Labour and The Ludwig von Mises Institute as well as an essayist for the online version of Forbes Magazine. I think I can say with…

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Why I Chose Memphis: Jessica Lotz (The Woman Behind The Movement)

June 9, 2024 Leigh M. Johnson Memphis, RMWMTMBM Archive, Why I Chose Memphis 0 Comments

In an effort to give credit where credit is due, I’m reposting the Why I Chose Memphis story of Jessica Lotz, whose Quick Memphian Call to Arms was the original inspiration for this series. If you’re not already familiar with JLotz’s blog Waves and Wires, stop what you’re doing right now and go check it…

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Why I Chose Memphis: Paul Haught

June 9, 2024 Leigh M. Johnson Memphis, RMWMTMBM Archive, Why I Chose Memphis 0 Comments

Our next contributor in the Why I Chose Memphis series is Dr. Paul Haught, Associate Dean for the School of the Arts and Chair of the Religion and Philosophy Department at Christian Brothers University. I met Paul through mutual Midtowner friends, and for a short time was totally unaware that he was married to another…

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Why I Chose Memphis: Kerry Keeble Russ

June 9, 2024 Leigh M. Johnson Memphis, RMWMTMBM Archive, Why I Chose Memphis 0 Comments

I can’t tell you how happy I am to have the good fortune to read (and share) all of these “Why I Chose Memphis” stories… and from such a wide variety of people! Our next installment comes from Kerry Keeble Russ. Kerry moved every two years for 15 years before landing in Memphis is 2002….

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Notes From the Other Side of the Job Market

June 9, 2024 Leigh M. Johnson Dr. J's Lists, Philosophy, RMWMTMBM Archive 4 Comments

In my first 3 years at my current position, I served on 2 tenure-track search committees, a process that literally took up every spare moment of my time (and many non-spare moments) for the 4 or 5 months that it lasted. Although I certainly learned a lot in my time on SLAC Search Committees– including,…

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